Athens Photovoltaic Battery Energy Storage

Therefore, rather belatedly, Greece has turned its attention to energy storage. So far, the country is running a 1 GW program targeting standalone, front of the meter batteries. Greece has already run two tenders awarding about 700 MW of battery storage projects.

So far, the country is running a 1 GW program targeting standalone, front of the meter batteries. Greece has already run two tenders awarding about 700 MW of battery storage projects. A call for the program's third tender, targeting specifically battery systems in former coal mining regions, is imminent.

This year the country is expected to score an even higher percentage of renewable electricity, although this success is accompanied by the thorny issue of curtailing surplus green electricity at times when the electricity system cannot accommodate it. Therefore, rather belatedly, Greece has turned its attention to energy storage.

Greece's minister of the environment and energy Theodoros Skylakakis told a local energy conference in Athens earlier in July that the country is blessed with exceptional renewable energy resources and in order to reap the benefits of it, it should speed up energy storage development.

The government is now working a new plan, which will allow the colocation of batteries with existing solar plants as well as standalone, in front of the meter battery energy storage systems. Last year, Greece generated 57% of its electricity demand via renewable energies.

Greece has installed about 7 GW of photovoltaic capacity under various remuneration systems (e.g. feed-in tariffs, premium tariffs etc). It makes economic sense for the government to allow the solar farms with the lowest tariffs to install batteries behind the meter.